Motion transmitting mechanism



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p 1952 J. HJL. ABEE-LUND MOTION TRANSMITTING MECHANISM 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 mm mm Filed Nov. 5, 1948 aw o6 m .r A Z W. b fin A A v L -H following description taken i Jamil aiefifli Willie-Lariat, 'Noi'ilstra-ri cl; near 4 0510', Norway, assignor to'LAbe-Luhd A;/S'. I,'

Nbr'dstranii, near Oslo, Norway;

,L (If Narway,

' i 'Ailisli'ma-a November 5,

" e In SwetlnNevemberfifl; 1946 The present -iriventidh relate: eemegihmisms fer' tran'mittmg motioh through a pliable wall or diaphrag m betwen member's at bppesi-te side's' Ofthe Wall in ia ihrag'r'ri pai'ticularly rotary members whih' may also be imparted -9. translateiy' Iiioveme'nrj- 'referred to and by which 'rhotiori' and powehmay be transmitted th'roligh the eliable wen Without direct contact betweelithe-a hrhber at the o'ppos'ide' side'e'f thew'all."

A further object f the rivrlti a motion transmitting mech new r and motion maybet'rahs' diaphragm hermetically Bepara such as the ehis tci db't'aih Sm,- by which meribr f aiclesed ssel and the I eblaims'; (01; 33+22-) outer atrriq'sbfiere Whilem'aintaihihg "the sealing quality off'the diaphragm.

' 'Aifurthe'r importafit objeetof the inventiqn- 'ie to provide a eompas adjusting device by "which elements in thei teri or bf aclo se dcpmbas 's hou s mg Such as a marching cdmpgss'resepr 'card may be the euter side 'of the bhragm separating the interior o'f th {from thebuter'athloephei'e'. it

hemvenfio wmbe better hbusin um t sc e-oi a. vntm being defined by the Claim-Si "111 the a n I f I.

v Fig; -1 is an "axial sect'lofxalfletr bf a-mqtien transmitting mechanis according moxie; sintple r bodnn m bfthe'inveht'iori; I r

the accomp nyin @Fig} 7 a trans-Vere ectim1 view 5 3 broken line VII -VII in Fig. 6, Fig-=8 15 a centra ect o a c'o'rp oratibn' 194s, Serial-N0. 5815a;

ahd on an ehl'afged shale the wnictien transmitting mphanisfil included in Fig. 8 :sligh'tly modified, and :the adjacent per-Bibles Ofthe coirn'pa'ss, also slightly medified. F- 1011 a mQd-ification of a fragmentemie. 10.- 1 V reference to 1 t0 3', a; rigid Wall sgiaratirig' two spaces amid B, ig. 1, at up- 'f has o enings 2, Love: which a'pliable wall or diaphragm 13 is mounted. The diaphragm br pliable wau -ma be made from rubber; plasti orsheet metal; particularly steel, and in case {rubber 5 6i plastic the'material may be rei-hforcedby fabrieof g lass or'Wii'. The diet-'- phragm 3 may be corieide're a's-a portidfi of the wen 1- 01", be secufea thei ett'i iii-a sew ng fashion 'sbthat the A513 is hexj metica-llyiseparated rem one another. Ifhe ""lattei alternative as 5'hbwh,-and hewalfl l hasa-sbqketl s'ui'rountlin th open n andt vi h 'h e al p rtjlpl l" f' the'diaphragmblamfiel Over the mouth thereof a jourhl casing 5. The easing 5 has a' flange 6 iht'e rilal screw threads engaging external serex'vth-r "s ont hsocket a. The case ""eai eat ity; aziil-i'etatably H 1 4 aly-I'rl lfiber 7 hatinga'r'e- "d' ceclp o tlonpp shaft 8 extending through the end wall 9 f'the easing'BQ In ceaxial alignment 'Withmelhber --'l 'ie rotar shaf-t 'i'fi jdurnalled e of the diaphragm 3 in; a bear- A H I tl leQqentral-po l'tioh efthe i'igid wall .;'I{he-cente '1lin' 0 f thfeishaft I'D-is diselo'sedin Fig. 'L'the same being deiicj'td by l2. The shaftl0 is abruptly curved at e dis'tanc'e f r m"-the d thereoflgslo thatthe same will -t 1 0h l4} is deslg ateii-bylithis center line interseeti-ng' the axis 0f ;;rotatieh 1 2 {at the-mint 16 *at'ahangle of- 1 0 -topreferably awn angle of aEbrOXi'mateIy lB Theobliq-Lie shaft and l 4,

w en forms al-flanK-arQL- mjelpselyembraced we shath-or sleeve ll'h'avirlg-atth'e'tepthereoi a closed bottom l aph'ragm avea straight end-bottled M fb'ifmihg an angle I V 3 rial, the free marginal portions of the diaphragm have the approximate configuration of an upwardly convex spherical surface in Fig. 1, and at be readily moulded to the desired shape in order.

then to be fused integral with the socket 4. "At

the rotation of the shaft, the shaft end or crank I arm I4 rotates within the sleeve H, the latter thus forming a kind of a bearing, and consequently the material should also be selected with respect to the least possible friction on the shaft. If desired, a suitable lubricant may be provided between the shaft and the sleeve.

The rotary member I has a diametrical slot I 9 engaged by the crank arm I 4 and the surrounding sleeve [7. Preferably the rotary member I has a rounded end surface 2I opposite the diaphragm 3. A flange 22 on shaft I bears on the central portionof the rigid wall I and thus prevents shaft I0 from being displaced in a direction away from member I and secures a constant engagement between the sleeve I! and slot I9, and between arm I4 and sleeve II.

In operation, rotary motion can be transmitted from shaft 8 and member I to shaft ID or vice versa. When member I is rotated, the shaft end I4 will be carried along in the rotary movement as a crank arm while sleeve I'I slides on the walls of slot I9. During the'rotation the center line I5 of the crank arm I4 moves along a cone having its apex at I6, and the inward bulge will travel around the axis of shaft III, the diaphragm being imparted a sort of Waddling movement. Since slot I9 extends diametrically through member 1, it is possible to change the position of crank arm I4 and sleeve IT in the slot so that said arm and sleeve become located inthe op- .posite half of the slot as compared withthat shown in Fig. 1. This may be efiectedby removing the casing 5 together with member I, mountingthem again after turning member I 180 rela- The slot I9 in member I may be replaced by a cylindrical bore I So like that illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, and it would be apparent that the inner diameter of that bore should correspond to the outer diameter of the sleeve I! which should fit slidably in said bore. On rotation of member I the cylindrical wall of the bore slides in a rotary manner in engagement with the outer wall of the sleeve, and the crank arm I4 rotates in the interior of the sleeve in engagement with its inner wall surface.

In the embodiment heretofore described it is only a rotary motion that is transmitted from member 1 to shaft III or from the latter to the former, but it falls within the-scope of the invention to provide a mechanism which isable to transmit also translatory or axialmovements through a pliable wall. Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate a simple modification of sleeve I 7 and diaphragm 3 embodying this possibility.

The modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7 deviates from the'construction according to Figs.

' disc of the compass.

1, 2 and a, substantially in that the sleeve 11' is made in the form of a separate element which is clamped to the diaphragm 3 in a sealing fashion. The sleeve may thus consist of any other suitable material, preferably metal. Here, the shaft end I 4 consequently projects through an aperture in the diaphragm 3'. The sleeve II, which surrounds the whole of the oblique shaft end, is provided at the mouth thereof with a separate clamping ring 23 for the diaphragm 3', and this ring and the sleeve proper are formed so that the wall is clamped fast opposite the bend of the shaft, in a manner such that the innermost free portions of the diaphragm will be located as near as possibleto the surface of the shaft, without the clamping surface becoming so small,

. however, as to render the retainment or the sealing effect unsatisfactory. The end of the sleeve may be enlarged and have an enlarged screw-threaded bore engaged by the screwthreaded hub of the ring 23. Furthermore, the sleeve IT is here connected positively to the shaft end so as to render a mutual displacement impossible. To this end the shaft end has an annular flange 24 arranged thereon, said flange projecting with the requisite play into a corresponding annular groove 25 in the sleeve, which.

is formed between the sleeve proper and the sealing ring 23. The sleeve I1 is also secured externally against axial displacement relatively to the parts cooperating therewith. For this purpose it is provided with an outer annular flange 26 cooperating with a slot 2'! in the member I, said slot being perpendicular to the slot I9a. Consequently as formed in the member I to receive the sleeve I I, the shaft I0 which is journalled in a bearing 28 will participate in'the axial displacement of the member I as said member is pulled outward or pushed inward in the surrounding casing 5, and vice versa the member I will par take in axial movements imparted to shaft III When the shaft I0 is displaced in the axial direction, the magnitude of the inward bulge of the diaphragm will be increased or decreased, and it is apparent that such axial displacement may be effected while turning the member 'I' or not.

The mechanism may be designed so that the axial displacement occurs against spring action in one direction, the spring beingmounted so as to maintain the engagement between the sleeve and the slot in the rotary member by pressing the shaft and thereby the sleeve towards the member. In this connection means may also be provided to retain the member in the position to which it has been displaced against the action of the spring. A mechanism embodying these features is illustrated in connection with the compass shown in Figs. 8, 9 and 10. Fig. 10 is slightly modified from that of Fig. 8 by including a somewhat different structure of the parts which contact the pointer A slightly modified form of rim of the magnetic compass element is also shown in this figure. This mechanism may preferably be employed in cases where motion shall be transmitted to the interior of a closed vessel containing a liquid such as certain types of compass housings.

- With reference "to Figs. 8-10 the compass housing is designated with 30 and the cover with 3I.. Both the housing '30 and the cover may be made from transparent material, and the coveris hermetically sealed to the housing. The housing 30 is formed with a lateral passage 32, the outer portion of which is surrounded by a socket 33. The'inner portion of the passage 32 is confined at *retaining means adapted to V --disDlacedby 90 relatively arms (for the :sake of simple illustration only one arm o feach type is shown,

positions instead of being 909-) The resilient arms groove 50 in the neck'member 4i and retain the button 42 Once it has been seated in its place, i-. e. in an outer 'axialposition, and the resilient arms 49 cooperate alternately with the-groove50 or an being engaged byv the arms :of the button 42; width full "lines in'Figs. ;:tion. .53 of: the arms the-topsby a projection 34 extending downward from the .cover..3.l, andprojiecting from the bottom of the. passage '32 is abridge 35 for the purpose set forth hereinafter. I A. The-passage 32 encloses amotiontransmitting mechanism. which, in this embodiment, has for its object to. enable adjustment the elements of the oscillatory unit in the rior :'o'f the compass such as compasscarcl '36 or a marching-direction pointer and operation-of adjustment of a disk 3 I :relatively, to the magnetic element or ring 38' or the operation of alocking-lever 39 for the entire oscillatory-unit of thelcompass.

The motion transmitting mechanism illustrated in Figs. 840 comprises a diaphragm 3 with a sleeve ll of thesame'type as that specified with reference to Fig. 1, but it is evident-that'diain Fig. 10 and its oblique end closes the opening of the passage 32,, and

of the socket 33. Thus, the diaphragm forms a -sealing=means for the opening ofthe passage 32 whereby the l compass housing is hermetically closed. This construction of particular advantage in case of liquid compassesto which the-present embodiment is preferably adapted. An operating member' forme'd asa hand wheel or button 42 w-ith a peripheral serrated surface-43 'correspondsto the member I of Fig. l and has a central portion or shaft 44- having a radial slot or recess 45 in which the'sleevel I is rotatably-fitted. The

recess 45'm'ay be replacedbya diametrical slot "of the same type as that designated with 1-9 in "Figs."1- 3'. The button 42-has-acircular groove46 its inner end surface, and theouter -portion of the socket 33 j deeper circularcavity fl extends alsolin theut- -fits slidinglyinto said groove ton 42; and-m the bottom thereof are secured keep the button 42 in a number of definite axial positions. The retaining means comprises four axially extending -resilientgarms48, 49, two'arms of the type 48 being "located "-two-=arms of the type diametrically opposite one anotherand "492being likewise located diametrically opposite one'another while being and the different arms re-illustrated aslocated indiametrically opposite angularly spaced by 48 cooperate with a inner groove 5| on the neck'member separated from groove 50 by a ridge 52, saidinner groove in a first inner position In the outer position illustrated 8 and '10 .a radial end por- 48 engages a shoulder 54 :forming"one-sideofgroove 50 and an-oblique end portion 55of thearms 49xengages the outer'side of the .ridge 52. In the first inner position, the

"end portion53 of arms 48. takes an inner position :in groove, 50, whereas the end'portion 55 of arms,

to the firstmen'tioned groove 25.!

' 49:has passed over ridge 52 and engages the inner .as indicated with .c'hainedotted lines. The'buttonimay :be pushed to a' seeond irmerjplositio-n', since the ien'd zportionie5 1312513165130 slide .on an oblique surface 4la. on :the inner portion :of

. neckmemberi 4 i, whilearms :49 are bent outward .duringspring action.-

*Fortthe transmission of rotary rnotion from shaftdll or 1.0" the.mechanismcomprisesla gear :transmissioncarried by .axframe .56. This frame .is'fittedslidably into the passage 32, abottom portion :51 "thereof engaging :an axial :notch 58 (Fig. "9) .inthe above.mentionedibridge 35 and a top portion:59 engaging anaxial notch 60in1the .botto'mtofthe .cover projection :34; The frame 56 also; has radial portions .161. 2.62, formed with hearing Openings for the shaft Ii! .iorl-fl", which is. thusrotatably. carried by the "frame. Keyed to itheishaftilillf,'ori 10" isla gear wheel 153,."an'd a substantially -V=shaped spring :64 inserted .be-

vtween *the .radial' portion 61. of frame 56 .and .-a shoulder .65 formed-in -.a zca'vityififi in .the .end .of

the locking :lever :39 presses: the iframe .Sfiiout wards against the gear wheel &3 so that shaft on l0 isz held withi jits aend 01 crank arin rli4 and the sleeve I Itin -engagement with the? recess .45iin' the. operating button Illa-2 .by "spring action.

It :is. to be noted :that rl'ever 3-9 has athorizontal pivot 6] supported. at opposite walls 'ofithe lcor'npass housing-whereby :the reaction force deriving from' the @spring 164 is :received- Journalled .on a radial pin 68 k'eyedto the :top .;of the frame v56 by. rivetingis a gear wheel fiewhich meshes with gear wheel 63. A .diskllfl having larger diameter than thatof the gearzwheel 6.9 is keyed to the hublof the latter. Disk 11! is madefroin 'a suitable resilient material such as synthetic rubber .or may have teeth at the periphery thereof.

Secured to the pin 68,.for example .by. riveting,

at one of its ends is a stopping arm H, which is undulated so-as to .be yielding to some extent in its longitudinal direction. The stopping arm H extends axially inward and has its inner end .serratedas at 12. In Fig. '10, the inner end of .jshaft alllf' extends inside the frame portion 6!, land keyed to this inner end is a tubular. con

necting member 13. Inserted in the inner end .of member .13 is aplug 14 having a head 15 of a suitable friction material such as synthetic rubber. The plug may be cemented or secured to the tube by any other suitable means so as to be carried along 1011 rotation of theshaft l0" and the member 13 -keyed 'thereto. If desired member 13 and plug 14 may be omittedand shaft lflf be formed, with a conical end surface as shown in Fig. 8.

The marching direction indicator as well as the compass card are formed as'circular disks .31 and 36 respectively, and suitably are of transparent material. They are held at the top and bottom of :adisk'carrying the magnetic element which is formed as a rim at the periphery of the disk 16 as shown in Fig. 8 or molded into a rim." at the circumference of the disk 15' as shown in Fig. 10. Passing through center holes in-the-disks36, 31, and 16 or 16 is a flanged bearing member 18 carrying a cap :nut 79 at the ,top thereof. The disks are plane in their'initial state but are ;made from any suitable elastic material, such as asuitable form of artificial resin having elastic memory. The thickness of the rim 1'! or the magnet ring 38 is greater than thatof the remainder of the disk, and therefore, when the disksare clamped together at "the central portions between member '18 and nut 19,

the bottom of disk 31 and top of disk 36.;wil1

engage the ringv 38 or rim 1! by a certain yielde disks 3'5 and 31 since it is keyed to member 18 by a projection 80 extending into a: corresponding notch asillustr'ated in Fig. 8a. 'Dueto this arrangement'the disks 36 and 31 may berotated relatively to the disk 16 or.16 and the magnet against the friction'caused by the spring pressure between the marginal. .portion of the. disks. i

The bearing member '18 has a conical recess 82 having a jewel bearing'83 at the apex thereof which is adaptedto bear on the point of a'pivot pin 84 forming the center :of the compass in a conventional manner. The innerendof the locking lever. 39 has a hole 85 receiving the pivot pin and surrounded by a-conical. projection 86 which is adapted to engage the conical recess 82 when the lever is swung up to the locking position'in which it is shownwith dotted lines .in Fig. 8. In itslocked position the oscillatory unitincluding the magnetic system is. pressed upward against the inside of the cover 3i as shown in full lines in Fig. 8 and inlthe released position said unit is supported on the point of pivotpin 84. For. the present description, however, the lever 39 is shown in' its released lower position, though the unit is elevated to its locked position. The outer end of lever 39 has an oblique surface 88 engaged by the displaceable .frame 56 at 19, Fig. 10.

The operation of the mechanism described with, reference to Figs. 8-10 is as follows:

-..In;the idle position illustrated in full lines,

rotation of the button 42 effects rotation of shaft 10' or 19', since the rotational motion is trans- .mitted by the crank-arm 14 which rotates in the non-rotatablesleeve 11.. The gear wheel 63 rotates and turns the gear wheelfifi and the disk 10, but this has no effect, since thedisk H1 is spaced from disk 37. The stopping arm 12 does not take part in the rotation, since it i s key'ed to in chain-dotted lines in Figs. 8 and'lO. In this axial displacement the shaft It" o r lli" is carried along and with" it the gear wheel 63 which in turn forces the frame 56 with the pin 58, gear wheel 69 and disk 10 inward, the frame 563s1iding with its bottom portion 51 in the notch 58- of bridge 35 and its top portion 59 in the notch 60 of the cover projection 34. V 7

While moving inward,' frame 56 forces the outer end of lever 39 downward, thus elevating the inner end s that projection ile engages recess 82 and elevatesthe oscillatory unit against the cover 3!. l i i r It is 'to'be noted that the disk 10; now hasits periphery radially 'oppo'site that of the disk 31, that the stopping arm Hextends radially opposite the disk 16 or'16 and that the margin of the end surface of the head. at the end 'of the shaft i0" is radially opposite thedisk' 36. The periphery of disk 31 is shown as plain, but it may have teeth to be engaged by disk '10.? I

At the end of the axial displacement ofthe frame the peripheral edge ofxdisk 10:will engage the peripheral surface of the marching direction indicator disk-31, and simultaneouslythe stopshaped substantially as a fork '12" riphery of the disk, here indicatedat 16"; carry- ;ing the magnetic element as a V inradial section;

. the magnet disk.

I associated witha magnet disk in ping arm 12-wi1lengagetheedgeaof the magnet disk: 'It is to be noted that; in: thisposition which .is indicatedlwith chain-dotted vlines'in Fig. 10,

there is still a small'space betweentheihead andthe periphery. of disk 36.. .It is now possible to shift .the marching. direction indicator disk 31 relatively to the magnet disk by a simple. rotation of the button 42 in the desireddirection. On

such rotation the disk H1 is turned and thus r0.-

tates .disk 31 relatively to its center. The magnet disk is prevented from rotation since itlis locked by the stopping arm TI. 1

Adjustment .of the declination ofthe compass involves a rotation of disk 36 relatively to the magnet disk and this may also be effected by the mechanism described. The button 42 may in fact be moved further inward against the action of spring 64 so that the head 15 engages the peripheral edge of. disk 36. For such displacement a rather great pressure must be exerted on the button 42, since a pluralityo'f spring pressures must be overcome, viz. that of the resilient arms 49 which are forced outward sliding on the surface Ma of the neck member 4!,that caused by the axial compression of the stoppingarm 1| and theresilient disk l9 and further the augmented spring force from the furthentensioned; spring 64. Therefore, the operatoris easily able tofeel the difference between the first inner position and the second inner-position last described; On

rotation of the button in the second inner position the head 15 rotates about the axis of the shaft Ill", which is below the plane of the disk V the button 42 outward, ,andjit isto benoted that the spring 64 assists in such movement;

To securea correctengagement of arm H with the magnet disk, the: end of the arm may =;be

and the peas illustrated in Fig, 10a, thus forming aridge having oblique sides which are engaged by the shanks of the fork as arm ll is moved toward WhatIclairn is: I l

1. mechanism for transmitting motion from one side to the other of a wall, comprising a diaphragm at the place of transmission, a sleeve formed integral with the diaphragm at an open end thereof, said sleeve being closed at the other end; arotatable member mounted at one side ofthe diaphragm and having a radial slot engaged by said sleeve, a shaft mounted rotatably inside the diaphragm and havingitsend bent at an angle relatively to the remainder of the shaft 7 to form a crank arm extending into the sleeve at the open end thereof, the open; end portion of the sleeve merging. in" the diaphragm at' an annular zone thereof located in a plane intersecting the Zxist of the shaftat the point where. the shaft is en i '2. An adjustin mechanism'forcompasses having a marchingdirection indicator disk rotatably acompass housing with a wall passage, comprising a. diaphragm closing said passage, an operating button outside the diaphragm, a frame mounted for outward and inward displacement in .said passage inside the diaphragm, "a shaft 'carried rotatably by. said frame, means to transmit rotary motion from the 9 operating button to the shaft, a gear transmission mounted in said frame to be driven by said a shaft, a driving disk operatively connected with the gear transmission, a stopping arm secured to the frame, a lever engaged by the frame to be moved thereby to elevate the marching direction indicator disk and the magnet disk as a unit to a position opposite to the periphery of said driving disk and stopping arm respectively when said 7 driving disk and stopping arm are moved by axial prising a diaphragm closing a passage in the wall of the housing, an operating button mounted outside said wall for rotary and axially displaceable movements relatively to the housing, a frame mounted for outward and inward displacement in said passage inside the diaphragm, a shaft journalled in the frame in axial alignment with the operating. button, means to transmit rotary and axial'motions from the button to the shaft, a gear transmission mounted in said frame to be driven by the shaft, a stopping arm secured to the frame, a lever pivoted to the compass housing and engaged by the frame to be moved thereby to elevate the oscillatory unit to' a position hav-' ing the marching direction disk opposite the driving disk, the magnet disk opposite the stopping arm and the compass card opposite the inner end of the shaft and means to retain the operating button in an inner position having the driving disk and the stopping arm in engagement with the periphery of the marching indicator disk and the magnet disk, respectively.

4. In a compass as claimed in claim 3, the feature that the stoppin arm has a fork-shaped end, and that the periphery of the magnet disk is shaped as a V in radial section.

JOHAN HENRIK LABEE-LUND.

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